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Lecture # 4:

Rizal and

his childhood years

Young Rizal and Calamba

1. Inspiration and springboard to hone his poetic and artistic sensibilities

(scenic beauty of the town)

2. Hatred toward oppression and exploitation of the weak (natives) by the strong (Guardia Civil and Dominican friars)

Childhood days & memories

Family garden: closeness to nature

Daily family prayer: Angelus and rosary

Aya/Yaya stories: fairies;

tales of buried treasure and

trees blooming with diamonds and

other fabulous stories

Rizal as pious Catholic

3 yrs old: he learned how to pray

even read the Bible

Visits to Fr. Leoncio Lopez: Rizal

learned the value of scholarship and

intellectual honesty

Pilgrimage to Antipolo (June 6, 1868):

1st trip of Jose Rizal across Laguna de Bay

and 1st t pilgrimage to Antipolo

They rode casco (barge)

First Sorrow

Death of Concha

“I lost my little sister Concha, and then for the

first time shed tears caused by love and

grief...”

- Rizal

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Acts of violence

Committed against the Calambeños by the

Guardia Civil and Governadorcillo

Rizal wondered if the incidents he witness also exist

in the land across the Laguna Bay

Story of Moth

Stories told by Doña Teodora to his son

“Moth no longer were for me, insignificant insects. Moths talked; they knew how to

warn. They advised just liked my mother. The light seemed to me more beautiful. It had grown more dazzling and more attractive. I

knew why the moths circled the flame.”- Jose Rizal

Story of Moth

Early demonstration of Inborn Talent

Mater of alphabet great interest in reading

Sketching Painting Sculpture Literature Writing peoem

Kapagka ang baya’y

sadyang umiibig

Sa langit salitang

kaloob ng langit

Sanlang kalayaan nasa ring

masapi

Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid

Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan

Sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharian

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At ang isang tao’y katulad, kabagay

Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.

Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita

Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda

Kaya ang marapat pagyamanin kusa

Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala

Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin,

Sa Ingles, Kastila, at salitang anghel,

Sapagkat ang Poong maalam tumingin

Ang siyang naggagawad,

nagbibigay sa atin

Ang salita nati’y tulad din sa iba

Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,

Na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa

Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una

Influences

on the

Hero’s boyhood

Hereditary Influence

Malayan Ancestors

Love for freedom, innate desire to traveland indomitable courage

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Influences on the Hero’s boyhood

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Chinese Ancestors

Serious nature, frugality,patience and love for children


Spanish Ancestors

Elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult and gallantry to ladies


Father

Profound sense of self-respect,love for work and

the habit of independent thinking


Mother

Religious nature, the spirit of self sacrifice and passion for arts & literature

Environmental Influence

Scenic beauties of Calamba and

the beautiful garden of the Rizal family:Stimulated artistic & literary talents of Jose

Rizal

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Influences on the Hero’s boyhood Environmental Influence

Religious atmosphere:Fortified Jose Rizal’s religious nature

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Paciano:Instilled in Jose Rizal’s mind the love for

freedom and justice

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Aya:During Jose Rizal’s early childhood

awakened his interest infolklore & legends


3 uncles (mother side):

• Tio Jose Alberto:Artistic ability

• Tio Manuel:Involved in physical activities

• Tio Gregorio:Love for reading books

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Fr. Leoncio Lopez:

Jose Rizal’s love for scholarship and

intellectual honesty


Sorrow of his Family:(death of Concha & imprisonment of

his mother)

Contributed to Jose Rizal strong character


Spanish abuses & cruelties:

• Brutal acts of government officials

• Unjust tortures inflicted on Filipinos• Execution of GomBurZa

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Aid of Divine Providence

“God had endowed him with the versatile gifts of a genius, vibrant spirit of a

nationalist & the valiant heart to sacrifice for a noble cause”

-Zaide

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Influences on the Hero’s boyhood

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Lecture 4 part 2:

Rizal’s

Early Education

Mother:Teodora Alonso Realonda

“taught me how to read and to say haltingly

the humble prayers which I raised fervently to God”

Teodora Alonso Realonda

Talent for poetry of Jose Rizal

Stories areincorporated in teaching

Private Tutor

Latin:

Maestro Celestino

and

Maestro Lucas Padua

Private Tutor

Leon Monroy(Former classmate of Francisco Mercado)

He lived at Rizal home

Spanish and Latin

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June 1870

Accompanied by Paciano

Carromata

Aunt’s house

Jose together with Leandro

went sightseeing in the town(Jose became depresses)

Jose was only 9 years old during the time

Biñan School

The school was in the house of the teachersmall nipa hut about 30 meters from the

house of Jose’s Aunt

MaestroJustiniano Aquino Cruz

Biñan School

Pedroteacher’s son

Jose challenged him to a fight

Jose Rizal wonLearned the art wrestling from Tio Manuel

Biñan School

Andres Salandanan / Pedro LakundananChallenged Jose to arm-wrestling

Unfortunately Jose lost & nearly cracked his head

on the side

Best Student in School

Surpassed all his classmate inSpanish, Latin and other subjects

But Jose usually received punishment

“ in spite of the reputation I had of being a good boy, the day was unusual when I was not laid out

on a bench & give five or six blows.”

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Systematic and Discipline life in Biñan

Mass (4 am)

Study his lesson

Breakfast Attend morning

class (until 10 am)

Went home for lunch

Attend afternoon class (2 to 5 pm)

Daily prayer Study Suppertime Played with his

nieces in the street

Painting lesson in Biñan

JuanchoFather –in-law of Maestro Justiniano

freely gave Jose lessons in

drawing & painting

Jose Rizal and Jose Guevarrabecame apprentices of the old painter

End of Biñan Schooling

Jose rode the steamer Talim and

went back to Calamba

December 17, 1871

1 ½ year of schooling

Arturo Camps Frenchman: friend of Francisco

First taste of injustice

Arrest and incarceration of his mother in1871

June 1872

Doña Teodoraarrested because malicious charge

She was forced to walk from

Calamba to Santa Cruz(50 kilometers )

2 ½ years

Secularization

Regular priest were those who

belonged to the religion orders

and those were not members of any

orders are called Secular priest

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Cavite Mutiny

June 20, 1872

during the height of the secularization,

the Cavite Mutiny occurred.

The mutineers

were workers & some marine detachment

Cause by the revocation of the privilege of

shipyard workers to be exempted from force

labor & paying tributes.

Led by La Madrid

Government believe it to be a rebellion and

arrest Fr. Gomez, Burgos, Zamora and other

for an alleged participation of the said rebellion

Sentenced to banished to Guam while

GomBurZa were sentenced to death

Note from Fr. Zamora:

“Reunion esta noche, Traiga pulbura y bala”(Meeting tonight bring powder and shot)

Code for betting money in the

panguigue card game

February 17, 1872: Four people were executed

Francisco Zaldua: False witness

Fr. Gomez:

73 years old

Parish priest of Bacoor

“Let us go where the leaves of the trees will not

move without the will of God”Executioner: “Father forgive me, for I am going to kill

you”

Fr. Gomez: “Do your duty, my son”

Fr. Zamora:

37 years old

Examiner of priests at Manila Cathedral

He was already insane during the execution

Fr. Burgos: 35 years old

Doctor of theology

“Why? What have I done? I am innocent!”

“O God, Please receive the soul of this inno..”

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After the execution tolling of the bells

(Arcbishop Meliton Martinez)

People knelt down one by one

Spaniards: signal to attack or the start of a

revolution

Filipino witness the execution

began to think and feel as Filipino

not as Ilocanos, Tagalogs

and others.

That Spaniard treat them as an inferior race.

That as Filipinos the necessity for unity.

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